diff --git a/node/core/approval-voting/src/lib.rs b/node/core/approval-voting/src/lib.rs
index 06a4f0b24bb0..14fc87761c42 100644
--- a/node/core/approval-voting/src/lib.rs
+++ b/node/core/approval-voting/src/lib.rs
@@ -1327,6 +1327,11 @@ async fn get_approval_signatures_for_candidate<Context>(
 
 	// No need to block subsystem on this (also required to break cycle).
 	// We should not be sending this message frequently - caller must make sure this is bounded.
+	gum::trace!(
+		target: LOG_TARGET,
+		?candidate_hash,
+		"Spawning task for fetching sinatures from approval-distribution"
+	);
 	ctx.spawn("get-approval-signatures", Box::pin(get_approvals))
 }
 
diff --git a/node/core/dispute-coordinator/src/initialized.rs b/node/core/dispute-coordinator/src/initialized.rs
index 1313eb600052..245af523685f 100644
--- a/node/core/dispute-coordinator/src/initialized.rs
+++ b/node/core/dispute-coordinator/src/initialized.rs
@@ -807,7 +807,14 @@ impl Initialized {
 						);
 						intermediate_result
 					},
-					Ok(votes) => intermediate_result.import_approval_votes(&env, votes, now),
+					Ok(votes) => {
+						gum::trace!(
+							target: LOG_TARGET,
+							count = votes.len(),
+							"Successfully received approval votes."
+						);
+						intermediate_result.import_approval_votes(&env, votes, now)
+					},
 				}
 			} else {
 				gum::trace!(
diff --git a/node/network/dispute-distribution/src/sender/mod.rs b/node/network/dispute-distribution/src/sender/mod.rs
index c0cb7c1c0acc..a54033945d6f 100644
--- a/node/network/dispute-distribution/src/sender/mod.rs
+++ b/node/network/dispute-distribution/src/sender/mod.rs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ impl DisputeSender {
 		// recovered at startup will be relatively "old" anyway and we assume that no more than a
 		// third of the validators will go offline at any point in time anyway.
 		for dispute in unknown_disputes {
-			self.rate_limit.limit("while going through unknown disputes", dispute.1).await;
+			// Rate limiting handled inside `start_send_for_dispute` (calls `start_sender`).
 			self.start_send_for_dispute(ctx, runtime, dispute).await?;
 		}
 		Ok(())
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ impl RateLimit {
 	/// String given as occasion and candidate hash are logged in case the rate limit hit.
 	async fn limit(&mut self, occasion: &'static str, candidate_hash: CandidateHash) {
 		// Wait for rate limit and add some logging:
+		let mut num_wakes: u32 = 0;
 		poll_fn(|cx| {
 			let old_limit = Pin::new(&mut self.limit);
 			match old_limit.poll(cx) {
@@ -397,8 +398,10 @@ impl RateLimit {
 						target: LOG_TARGET,
 						?occasion,
 						?candidate_hash,
+						?num_wakes,
 						"Sending rate limit hit, slowing down requests"
 					);
+					num_wakes += 1;
 					Poll::Pending
 				},
 				Poll::Ready(()) => Poll::Ready(()),
diff --git a/node/network/dispute-distribution/src/sender/send_task.rs b/node/network/dispute-distribution/src/sender/send_task.rs
index 89b5c099bde9..3852adbc141b 100644
--- a/node/network/dispute-distribution/src/sender/send_task.rs
+++ b/node/network/dispute-distribution/src/sender/send_task.rs
@@ -140,21 +140,38 @@ impl SendTask {
 		let new_authorities = self.get_relevant_validators(ctx, runtime, active_sessions).await?;
 
 		// Note this will also contain all authorities for which sending failed previously:
-		let add_authorities = new_authorities
+		let add_authorities: Vec<_> = new_authorities
 			.iter()
 			.filter(|a| !self.deliveries.contains_key(a))
 			.map(Clone::clone)
 			.collect();
 
 		// Get rid of dead/irrelevant tasks/statuses:
+		gum::trace!(
+			target: LOG_TARGET,
+			already_running_deliveries = ?self.deliveries.len(),
+			"Cleaning up deliveries"
+		);
 		self.deliveries.retain(|k, _| new_authorities.contains(k));
 
 		// Start any new tasks that are needed:
+		gum::trace!(
+			target: LOG_TARGET,
+			new_and_failed_authorities = ?add_authorities.len(),
+			overall_authority_set_size = ?new_authorities.len(),
+			already_running_deliveries = ?self.deliveries.len(),
+			"Starting new send requests for authorities."
+		);
 		let new_statuses =
 			send_requests(ctx, self.tx.clone(), add_authorities, self.request.clone(), metrics)
 				.await?;
 
 		let was_empty = new_statuses.is_empty();
+		gum::trace!(
+			target: LOG_TARGET,
+			sent_requests = ?new_statuses.len(),
+			"Requests dispatched."
+		);
 
 		self.has_failed_sends = false;
 		self.deliveries.extend(new_statuses.into_iter());